Daniel J. Siegel - Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence. A complete guide to the groundbreaking Wheel of Awareness meditation practice

PRAISE FOR AWARE

Daniel Siegel counts among the most aware people I knowand now hes shared with us all a brilliant, practical tool for us all to sharpen our awareness.

Daniel Goleman, author of Altered Traits: Science Reveals
How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body

Growing a strong mind in our lives is the scientifically proven pathway for cultivating more well-being, emotional intelligence, and social connection. Dan Siegels new approach of the Wheel of Awareness offers us a powerful tool to do just thatbring more health, resilience, and caring into our lives throughout the lifespan.

Goldie Hawn, author of A Lotus Grows in the Mud
and Ten Mindful Minutes

Aware enables you to successfully search inside yourself to cultivate well-being and a deeper understanding of the mind with an exciting new approach to meditation. The Wheel of Awareness provides a comprehensive, science-based way to develop the focused attention, open awareness, and kind intention that research reveals can help bring health and resilience into your life.

Chade-Meng Tan, New York Timesbestselling author of
Joy on Demand and Search Inside Yourself

In Aware, Dan Siegel combines insights from a range of traditional practices into an original method of practicing mindfulness: one that fully integrates mind-and-embodied experience and guides us towards health and happiness for all. Grounded in the research-based practice of the Wheel of Awareness, Dr. Siegel reveals just how multisensory and holistic awareness practices lead to relationally robust presence, harmony, and peaceful living in diverse communities. Read Aware to unlock a new way of being awake to the infinite possibility of being and loving in our lives and communities, embracing our differences and moving joyfully from Me to MWe.

Rhonda V. Magee, professor of law, University of San Francisco

Dr. Dan Siegel has an extraordinary gift: to describe patterns and make accessible in a powerful way the insights and practices that are fundamental to well-being and awakening. In his book Aware, we are introduced to the power of presence. Using science and psychology, he opens for us his Wheel of Awareness, a way of perceiving and working with the mind that is both practical and liberating.

Joan Halifax, PhD, Abbot, Upaya Zen Center

Dan Siegel brings a fresh look and creative imagination to provide a roadmap of the mind and make mindfulness practices more accessible and applicable in everyday life. Aware provides a way to grow our skills in self-awareness, self-monitoring, and self-regulationenhancing our capacity for joy, flourishing, and peace.

Ronald Epstein, MD, professor of family medicine, psychiatry, oncology, and medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, author of Attending

We know so much about whats outside in the cosmos, billions of light- years away, but very little about whats going on inside our heads right now. We know about dark matter but not so much about grey matter, which, I would think, matters most. Daniel Siegel finally gives us insight into who we are, how we work, and, most important of all, how to retrain and change our minds. For me, almost every line is an aha moment. At long last, someone nails what it is to have a healthy mind, and if you dont have one, how to get one.

Ruby Wax, author of Sane New World

Daniel Siegel is truly one of a kind. His ability to blend no-nonsense neuroscience with accessible techniques for training the mind is masterful. Anyone wanting to be less distracted and more present in their life will want to read this book.

Andy Puddicombe, cofounder of Headspace

Dan Siegel, a brilliant and compassionate clinician and master translator of research and complex topics, offers this wise and practical guide on the Wheel of Awareness. Inspired by science and decades of clinical and teaching experience, combined with Dans unique insights, Aware opens our minds to a transformative mental practice that can serve as a valuable resource to living fully in the ups and downs of everyday life.

Susan Bauer-Wu, president of the Mind & Life Institute,
author of Leaves Falling Gently

This is the first time I have seen the integration of the three core meditation practices (concentration, loving kindness, open awareness) into a scientifically supported theory... while also linking self-inquiry to our need for community. From Tibetan text to quantum theory, Dan takes our understanding of the mind to the next level.

Jeffrey C. Walker, retired vice chairman, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

With warmth and humanity, Dr. Siegel gives us a brilliant summary of the new sciences of the mind that is fascinating, sometimes jaw-dropping, and always wonderfully useful. This is a remarkable integration of cutting-edge neuroscience, profound contemplative insights, and down-to-earth experiential practices. A tour de force from a master of this field.

Rick Hanson, PhD, author of Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness

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Names: Siegel, Daniel J., author.

Title: Aware : the science and practice of presence : the groundbreaking meditation practice / Dr. Daniel Siegel, M.D.

Description: New York : TarcherPerigee, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. |

Identifiers: LCCN 2018016987 (print) | LCCN 2018027672 (ebook) | ISBN 9780143111788 | ISBN 9781101993040 (hardback)

Subjects: LCSH: Self-actualization (Psychology) | Mindfulness (Psychology) | Meditation. | BISAC: SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General. | BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Meditation.

Classification: LCC BF637.S4 (ebook) | LCC BF637.S4 S54 2018 (print) | DDC 158.1/2dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018016987

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